ASCIA Annual Conference
ASCIA 2024 Conference
The ASCIA 2024 Conference was held from Tuesday 3rd to Friday 6th September 2024 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. This was a hybrid conference, which enables virtual or in-person attendance, and on-demand viewing of sessions for all registered delegates for up to six months after the conference.
The ASCIA 2024 Conference Program Book is available here: ASCIA 2024 PROGRAM BOOK1.3 MB
Congratulations to the Chair, Dr Jovanka King, and her committee on organising a highly successful event with an outstanding program, which attracted another record high number of 712 delegates including:
- 518 in-person (73%)
- 193 virtual (27%)
This was in addition to staff and representatives from 36 sponsor/exhibitor organisations.
Highlights from the ASCIA 2024 Conference include:
- An international standard of continuing professional development (CPD) with presentations of the latest research and issues in allergy and clinical immunology, presented by more than 60 speakers, including invited nternational speakers - Professor Manish Butte, Professor Mathew Greenhawt and Professor Alexandra Santos.
- Interactive Q&A panels for all sessions, with the option of asking questions via the fixed microphones onsite or on the conference app.
- An entertaining Basten Oration presented by Prof Mike Gold, chaired by A/Prof Patrick Quinn. The Basten Oration will soon be available open access at www.allergy.org.au/conferences/ascia-annual-conference/annual-ascia-basten-oration
- 133 posters displayed on boards in the exhibition hall - abstracts will be published online in the Internal Medicine Journal. www.allergy.org.au/conferences/ascia-annual-conference/published-abstracts-ascia
- 23 oral clinical grand rounds case presentations and 24 oral poster presentations - award winners are listed on the ASCIA website www.allergy.org.au/hp/awards-grants/ascia-award-grant-scholarship-recipients#s1
- 9 sponsored sessions which can be accessed on demand post-event.
- AIFA grant recipients from 2022 presenting their research which are listed on the AIFA website https://www.allergyimmunology.org.au/projects/projects#latest
- The 2nd annual ASCIA Immunodeficiency Update for Nurses on Thursday 5th September, which was very well attended.
- Concurrent Allergy Updates for Medical Practitioner, Nurses and Dietitians on Friday 6th September.
- A record high participation in 3 social functions = dinners on Wednesday night for 80 Trainees/Consultants and 70 Nurses, and the Gala Dinner for more than 200 delegates on Thursday night - all were fun and memorable events.
The ASCIA Annual Conference is the leading annual event for continuing professional development (CPD) for for ASCIA members and other health professionals working in allergy and clinical immunology in Australia and New Zealand.
ASCIA Annual Conferences provide:
- An international standard of CPD.
- An opportunity for important in-person interactions.
- On-demand viewing of sessions for all registered delegates after the conference.
- The option of virtual registration for delegates who cannot attend in-person, as it is a hybrid conference.
ASCIA Conference Reports and Information
- ASCIA Conference 2023 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2022 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2021 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2019 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2018 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2017 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2016 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2015 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2014 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2013 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2012 Report
- ASCIA Conference 2011 Report
- ASCIA Annual Basten Oration
- Past ASCIA Annual Conferences (1990-2023)
- Published Abstracts ASCIA Conferences (2006-2023)
- Future ASCIA Annual Conferences 2025-2030
- ASCIA Awards and Grants
Content updated September 2024